Philosophy, AI, and the power of language (Mark Sharma, The State Press)
How philosophy of mind, rooted in language, provides the means for designing AI.
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10, 2018
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08, 2018
Astronomy and “new philosophy”
Can scientific observation lead to greater illusion?
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04, 2018
History and the Natural Sciences
Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) assesses, for his students in Basel, the relation between history and the natural sciences, “the only disinterested comrades we have.” […]
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04, 2017
Painting, nature, and science
Why painting is more truth-seeking than philosophy and physics
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01, 2017
The “third culture” integrating science and humanities
The "third culture" integrating science and humanities: employing a term developed by C.P. Snow and John Brockman, an Italian astronomer reflects on the creative way forward: Emotion therefore is common to science and art, humanistic and scientific culture. Emotion is conveyed through language. Emotion and language (be it literary, artistic or scientific) are the links [...]
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06, 2016
The Mirror of Philosophers, and Science
The Mirror of Philosophers, and Science: A.J. Ayer speaks about philosophers' common qualities, in relation to the sciences. From the interview: "Wittgenstein was interested in fundamental philosophical problems, Austin in language for its own sake," Ayers said. Yet Austin, despite Gellner, was not a linguist, in any ordinary sense of the word; he was interested [...]
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06, 2016
The Republic of Science (Jim Tankersley, Washington Post)
Reading philosophy and economic theory, Charles Koch turns his business acumen and ambition to the spread of research ideas. From the article and interview: Polanyi’s “The Republic of Science: Its Political and Economic Theory,” published in 1962, is the text that best illustrates what Koch is trying to do with his massive personal fortune — and [...]
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05, 2016
Science, religion, and truth
Science, religion, and truth: Rabindranath Tagore speaking with Albert Einstein, Berlin 1930: Truth, which is one with the universal being, must be essentially human; otherwise, whatever we individuals realize as true, never can be called truth. At least, the truth which is described as scientific and which only can be reached through the process of logic—in [...]
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02, 2016
History and nemesis, the natural and moral sciences
Thoughts of Frederick Douglass on finding the trajectory of moral and social justice in the course of history. There is, in the world's government, a force which has in all ages been recognized, sometimes as Nemesis, sometimes as the judgment of God and sometimes as retributive justice; but under whatever name, all history attests the [...]
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11, 2024
Know-how and unlearning
Reflections on Humanities Watch's ninth anniversary.